Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-05-27
NOTES..

South Carolina is said to be solid for Cleve
land for a second term.
The endowment fund of the new Catholic
University, TO be established in W ,shing gton,
Is said TO aggregate $50 900.
The people of Lake Linden, Mich which
was completely swept by fire on Friday,
have issued an appeal to the country tor ASSIST
ance.' Fully :, 900 people are homeless fl ON
the fire.
A special from Superior Wis. says: The
village OF nhwtho n, on the Omaha road, Is
miles south Of that place, was entirely deStro,-
ed by FIRE, which is now sweeping through the
| valuable timber 10 that viciniIy.
Tire Savannah (Ga } Typographical Union
in considering the New York San ho,rott
passed resolutions declaring that the ,ght ot
| he press to free and tuIl expression OF opin-
| ion upon al matters Of taily concern Shou
| ae uuquesrIonrd aud unrrammeled, and rh4t
any attempt OF labor organizations to interfere
| with tie business OF any newspaper tor he y
else of this privilege should be condemned and
ceasured
| While Geo } J fri,s, of Washjnetsn. u
c was bathing in the F. stern Branch Sunday
| afternoon, he WAS seized with cramps and
drowned Tie had taken his wife down 10 he
!
distance 10 haIhe. Very shortl, she heard him
cry and him siRk The body MS after
! wards recovered bv VIM Sreee and Goo. VI
Posey, but lie was entirely extinct.
| Michael Hammond. conductor OF he Della
ware snd Hudson Railroad, was kil"d Satar-
fav al P4rsous, Pa. He noticed a woman and
a little boy en- the track, and yelled To them to
! get Oft. bat the more be cried out to them The
| he nrre1 they hsCa HammDui 4
jumped from the Car, ran along the track and
! innlly pushed them both down the ersbauk-
meat. la doias so be stag gersd back and Tell
under the cars aud was Instantly killed.
It appears that The Scotch yacht Thistle was
omit by syndicate Of Scotch yachimeu With
William Clark, the millionaire cotton spinner
| Of Newark, y. J , at its head After the Nav
| flower won the race last fall Mr. Clark weA; TO
scotland sai with his brother, John Clark of
Paisley, and few Scottish geatlemsa, propos-
| Il that Yacht should be built which would
retrieve the honor Of The Britous sui hiring the
cup back TO English waters. The Thistle, j,
Is said Is this boat.
| Jacob LeCgett vi w-s Il have beea hang
ed at Reidsvlle. Tstnall countr Ca. Friday
i.st. for the murder Of bis wife. made a won
derfu escape tboagh Gov Gordon had IS
sued reprjeve unrii June nth, npon p~t-
! ton from doctors sUd cftCsTs declaring that
LegEstt Was undoubtedly iu>ane Ths FepFIete
~s. sigGed on Thursday AMI placed ia hauts
( Of Nr. Wm Clifton. conssel for Legg.,t Tie
I Al oacs took she train add reached Waitha NJ
! vile a. 4. v Friday From thsre be had 10
/ cross through forty four miles Of swamp and
sand before noon TO save hts clients neck lie
secured two hne horses spd a light carriage
and started out al full gsllsp. Ne.nwhile
/ the oouuiry Peepl. 5rg4n 10 poar tuto Rs,d,-
lille Il VAS the hEs. banging 10 SITS years.
.ud peopl. came from al directions They
rlimbei up into trees. o. hogsetops and o here
I rVer a vlsr Csuii ts hsd. Tbs murderer made
/ preparations fcr Death and h.d 10 idea that
ary correspondence bad been hell With he
! Governor Al 10 O'Clock ih~ preacher called
| upon bin. With whom be pr.fei ana to shon
/ be made fall confession Of b,s crime A;
/ / 50 the sheriff APPEARED, and the msfch 70
I The gsllows BOO Yards Aa.V. sas brKun The
murderer a.c~rd.d w,th = arm step h,s arms
sEd fesi wers boani. the blsrk rsP al.
lasied. Ari the shsr;a AS 10 iar sc' q cutting
the rope. a hra ysicr sang cot. FOR God >
sake stop The sheriff looked up asd .as
the sgpro.c hing csrTtsgs. is ocruFaat g.si'c-
sIallaS fr.nticaIly Il was NJ. Clifton who
n.i appeared ou3y j4s' IN the ugrk ot Tine. Il
sss trE rningts. before to prisoner Casid Es
csnslEcri that he bad not made Ihe fsisl drop
l.-ggt,G stood ss though par.lys-I b~5ns g-'
able 20 bslltvc shat hs. ears beard Tara a,
il dawns8 upon him that ne api % de. BE
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